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ABSTP.ACTS OF CASES OF HY3IFXOFEPIS OOIIXITTA 
IX 3F\X. 
AAIZRICA. 
Boston, 1 case. 
Weixi-a^td 1S5S the hm to record the occurrence of this tapeworm in man. 
His account > IsoS, jj. 59 in part reads as follows: 
"Among the helminthological specimens with which Dr. J. B. S. Jacks^jn kindlv 
furnished us for further investigation, from the collection of the Medical Improvement 
•Sxiety, Boston, there was a phial containing a number of pieces of a small tape- 
worm. In the catalogue of the collection we find these specimens mentioned under 
Iso. 9<Jo. with the followim? words: 'A second specimen of Bothriocep?ialu.s, 3 feet 
in length, and from D 1C lines in width: from an infant. The joints are 
very regular, except at one extremity, where they approach the triangular form, are 
very delicate, and but slightly connected, as shown in a drawing by Doctor Wyman. 
From a very healthy infant 19 months old: it had been weaned about six months, 
and had had the umal diet from that time. The worm was dischargel without i 
me<licine. its presence having never l»een suspecte^l. 1S42. Dr. Ezra Palmer, jr.' ” 
Weinland recognize! the fact that this specimen was not a Bothriocephalm, but a 
tap*eworm belonging "to a group* of Tjeniods, whose members thus far had only been 
found in small omnivorous or insectivorous mammalia t mice, shrew-mice, etc. i and 
birds. " fSot perceiving its identity with Tamio dlmWtutn, he accordingly descrilxd it 
as a new species, at the same time establishing it as the representative of a new 
genus, and gave it the name of - see p». S2 >. 
Philadelphia, Pa., 1SS4 1 case. 
Leldy ISSla. p. 110. ISslb. p. 137 recorde*! a case of Tsrnia davopunctata 
=H(/menolepi< diminuta from a 3-year-old child. who hade:^*elled several pieces of 
at least 3 worms after treatment with santonin. This child, native of Philadelphia 
but of German parentage, had been weaneci at 2<1 months, and since then partaken 
<jf the same f'XHl as its parents. The specimens from this case are preserved in the 
Helminthological Collection Xo. 641 of the Bureau of Animal Industry. 
Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1S93 1 case. 
Lutz 1S94. p>. 62 receive*! a tapeworm for determination which had been passed 
after treatment with santonin, by a 2-year-old child, daughter of Portuguese settlers, 
Ii\Tng at .Silo Paulo. Brazil. The specimen had about 960 segments, several of which 
' were sterile: the posterior segments were completely fille<I with eggs, and the 
rosteUum was rudimentary and imarmed. Lutz identifie*! it as HymenrAepis dim- 
inuta. and by comparison ^vith specimens from the rat confirme*! Grassi's observa- 
tions as to the identity of Txida daropunctata of man and Tsenia dimimda of the rat. 
The parasite is very common among the rats of .Sao Paulo. 
Rio Janiero, Brazil, lS9d 1 case. 
The patient in this case AIaqathaes. 1S96 was a mulatto child. 20 months old, 
bom in a neighboring city, but for about a year living in Bio Janiert*, at the ztxr 
iogical gardens, where her father was employe*!. The child had been suffering for 
about 3 months with diarrhea, frequently sanguineous in character. Treatment by 
various physicians was of no avail. According to the parents, the child's uxmI con- 
sisted exclusively of milk and beef tea. After the a<lministration of a d*Dse of 
calomel a worm was passe*!, which was referred by the attending physician to 
Magalhaes for determination, who identified it as Hymenolepis diminuta. The child's 
parents asserte*! that a similar worm, somewhat longer, and also fragments, had 
c*een p.asse*i previously. The child continued to suffer with diarrhea. Treatment - 
